Iran’s Azmoun Makes Champions League Team of Week
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian national football team's striker Sardar Azmoun has made Champions League Team of the Week.
He has been called the "Iranian Messi" and perhaps the reasons are a little bit clearer now. The stage for Rostov's 3-2 victory over Bayern Munich was set by Azmoun's superb first half equalizer, ESPN wrote.
He twisted inside Jerome Boateng, leaving arguably the world's best central defender floundering on the turf, and slotted coolly past Sven Ulreich. Azmoun is just 21 and has been linked with a move to Liverpool; this was certainly the goal that announced his ability to perform on the biggest stage.
With the penultimate round of fixtures complete, here's a look at the best Champions League XI.
Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Right-back: Djibril Sidibe (Monaco)
Centre-back: Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
Centre-back: Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Left-back: Christian Fuchs (Leicester City)
Central midfielder: Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain)
Central midfielder: Christian Noboa (Rostov)
Right forward: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Attacking midfielder: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Left forward: Sardar Azmoun (Rostov)
Centre-forward: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester)
